By AVI CREDITOR
Get out your brackets. It's UEFA Europa League time.
The Europa League will be whittled down from 16 teams to eight by day's end as the second legs will all be played Thursday afternoon.
No team has more to overcome in the early games than Panathinaikos, which yielded three away goals in a 3-1 loss to Standard Liege in the first leg. Their first kick is set for 2 p.m. EST (DirecTV 464).
Clint Dempsey and Fulham also have to overcome a 3-1 deficit – but own an away goal – as they welcome Juventus to Craven Cottage (2 p.m., GOLTV/DirecTV 465).
Here are the other second-leg matchups:
- Marseille vs. Benfica (1-1 aggregate, 2 p.m., DirecTV 462)
- Werder Bremen vs. Valencia (1-1 aggregate, 2 p.m., DirecTV 463)
- Liverpool vs. Lille (Lille leads 1-0, 4:05 p.m., DirecTV 462)
- Anderlecht vs. Hamburg SV (Hamburg leads 3-1, 4:05 p.m., DirecTV 463)
- VfL Wolfsburg vs. FK Rubin Kazan (1-1 aggregate, 4:05 p.m., DirecTV 464)
- Sporting Lisbon vs. Atletico Madrid (0-0 aggregate, 4:05 p.m., GOLTV/DirecTV 465)
Which game are you looking forward to the most? If you will be watching any or all of the Europa League games, please feel free to share thoughts, opinions and play-by-play in the comments section below.
Red Bull Arena! 🙂
wow Dempsey really showed his class today. nasty nasty
Ives, what is better: Clint’s chip or Ray Hudson’s “pearl” of a commentary describing it??
Career highlight goal from Clint. Hell YEs!
*too
It is… I love Ray’s energy!
saw that two. do they get fined for that stuff?
Elin…
A week after coming back from injury he helps his team advance to the next round in the Europa League
this is just disgraceful by juventus right now. you’re one of the most revered teams in the sport, have some damn dignity
juve is dirty
Italian footballers = Mexican footballers of Europe
dempseys goal gave me chicken skin!
oh wow they just showed that guy flipping some other guy off on tv! haha
imma say demps scores off this corner
class by zebina giving the bird as he leaves the pitch
Craven Cottage is plenty big…. more up to date would def be a requirement but I love that the front row is level with the field
except more up to date, bigger, and nicer.
but which is bigger of his: this goal or the goal to keep them in the EPL a few years back?
All MLS Stadiums should look like Craven Cottage
don’t have GolTV but that sounds like Ray Hudson if you ask me
Looking forward to Sky Sports News this evening.
Amazing, amazing goal. Considering the circumstances, this dwarfs his goal vs. Stoke.
gol gol gol gol gol goolaaassoooo!! ha
beautiful goal
If Trindad would have played qualify with zamora and kenwyne jones up top they would be in the world cup
Dempsey the hero!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“Goal of a lifetime” according to ESPN Gamecast (which is all I have here at work, dangit!) My brother and I were calling Deuce to come on for the winner… let’s hope it finishes that way!
That’s why the US can use good ol’ Clint as a forward. Awesome strike.
dempsey with a good world cup is def gonna get scooped up by a team like liverpool….. torres dempsey would be great
Clint Dempsey Goalaso!!!
Beautiful goal dempsey
best line of the night from the accented commentator on GolTV (my apologies for not knowing the guys name) after Dempsey scores…
“he takes account of everything in the universe”
why does dempsey have a black eye
Brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
no he didnt.
Seriously how good was it (I cannot believe I am missing the game!)?
oh. my. god.
WHAT
A
CHIP
!!!!!!!!!!!!
Incredible goal by Dempsey.
A GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLASSO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow! Boy the boys are really getting primed for the big show!
Word up. I was thinking the same thing…… when he hit…… Beautiful goal he just had……. Dempsey jozy is gonna be amazing
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OH MY GOD
Oh my sweet lord. Chip the keeper far post!! Aaaaah!
what a goal by dempsey
sick sick sick sick sick
Shooting gallery for the…. Dempsey does it!
WONDER GOAL DEMPSEY!!!
stupid commentator! saying it was a poor header.and that fulham needs to direct their balls more toward angles, instead of keeper, no crap isnt that the goal of any player to get it past of the keeper. what an idiot
This game sounds amazing
That header reminded me of the one he scored vs Spain last Summer…